Guenther Steiner’s 2026 Baku Preview! | Vankah Hours S3E19

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Why wait?

Guenther Steiner (1:32)

Hello, all you Wankers.

Matt (1:34)

What's up, Wankers?

Brian (1:36)

Greetings, Wankers. Guenther Baku, my favorite race of the year. What about you?

Guenther Steiner (1:44)

Why is it your favorite race of the year?

Brian (1:46)

Because there's always carnage, Guenther. There's chaos, people crashing into walls. There's that big, long straight, plenty of overtaking opportunities. It's just, you know, Oscar Piastri had his collapse there when Max Verstappen blew out his tire. Lewis left the magic on.

George running into Max Verstappen.

Matt (2:06)

And there's a castle.

Brian (2:08)

There's always, someone always goes down at Baku.

Guenther Steiner (2:11)

Well, you have done your homework. Well, that was a good explanation why you like Baku.

Brian (2:17)

It's always crazy.

Guenther Steiner (2:20)

I like Baku as well.

Because it's one of these racetracks which is unique. You know, you get everything and that narrow piece, I mean, it's pretty cool that one to watch. And middle of the city, the castle, which you see all the time on TV, the castle, because Matt obviously being a prince likes castles, you know, the prince of podcasting likes the castles.

Matt (2:42)

More like Nicolas Cage. I want to own a bunch of them one day.

Guenther Steiner (2:46)

One day, the day will come. And the first one to buy will be Baku, so you can watch the race from your castle.

Matt (2:51)

That's right.

Brian (2:52)

That's right. Well, the first stop towards us getting a castle is selling out our live show in Austin, which is happening Saturday, October 24th. If you are not there, you are literally so lame. If you're going to be in Austin, you better get your tickets 9 p.m. at the Moody Theater, part of Austin City Limits. We're doing a preview episode because we'll be right after qualifying. We're going to be talking our shit. Be there. Link is in the description. Get your tickets right now.

Guenther Steiner (3:22)

And contribute to the castle of Matt.

Brian (3:24)

That's right. Contribute to Matt's castle fund because Matt wants to own a castle one day and this is the first step to getting there. Also, wherever you're watching this, make sure that you are subscribed and turn on your notifications so whenever an episode pops up onto your feed, you are the first to know. This is, of course, Vankah Hours, part of the Vox Media Network. We're going to be talking all things, Baku, predictions. Before we get to that, let's cue the music.

And we're back. Okay, before we get into our predictions, Guenther, there's been some news in the Formula 1 world. I don't know if you've seen, but the 2027 calendar has come out. We're getting 10 sprint races next year. What are your thoughts on that?

Guenther Steiner (4:28)

Fantastic. I love sprint races. I was always already in 23 I was always on to Stefano. We need more sprint races, at least 12 They got it to 10

So all four sprint races makes the weekend so much more interesting. I continue to tell you guys, F1s and F2s are not exciting. Keep on watching them because I don't want to be negative. I don't.

But anyway, I love sprint races. I think it makes just the weekend better.

Matt (4:58)

Even as a guy who ran a team, you didn't mind it?

Guenther Steiner (5:03)

No, I liked it. There is action.